Advance Care Planning – Page 2 – Compassion & Choices

Plan a Life You Love

lukej April 19, 2024 No Comments

Compassion & Choices President and CEO Kim Callinan joins a group of talented authors in an empowering guide. In Plan A Life You Love: A Women's Guide to Health, Wealth…

A Patient’s Guide to Personal Advocacy With Doctors, Healthcare Systems and Hospice

lukej March 11, 2024 No Comments

Many people don’t realize that your end-of-life experience greatly depends on where you receive care, who your doctor(s) and other medical providers are and on how well you advocate for…

Dementia Values and Priorities Tool

lukej February 28, 2024 No Comments

The Dementia Values and Priorities Tool is designed to help you communicate your wishes regarding future care if you are living with dementia. After answering a series of questions related…

A New Year’s Tradition: Continuing the End-of-Life Conversation

Katie Wingo January 16, 2024 No Comments

For the past decade, I’ve used the passage of a new year to share my end-of-life plans and wishes with my family. Every January, I send my wife and two…

Why we grieve before year’s end and what to do about it

lukej December 15, 2023 No Comments

It’s so hard to accept everything that’s happened in the last three years!” “2019 feels like a lifetime ago.” “How is it almost 2024 already?” We hear these things repeated…

National Estate Planning Awareness Month – Why We Plan

lukej October 18, 2023 No Comments

October is National Estate Planning Awareness Month. An estate plan ensures that your wishes are in place for your loved ones and for the causes that are important to you…

Pride All Year LGBTQ+ Outreach Toolkit

lukej October 18, 2023 No Comments

Thank you for your commitment to helping make end-of-life options a reality for all. This online toolkit provides valuable educational materials and practical information to help share our resources and engage with…

Young Mom’s Premature Death Shows Need for End-of-Life Planning

lukej August 24, 2023 No Comments

In an op-ed by Juan Tapia published in the Houston Chronicle this week, Juan tells the story of his daughter-in-law, Crystal Villegas, a 31-year-old mom who died of fungal meningitis…

Supervised Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy in End-of-Life Care

lukej May 31, 2023 No Comments

Clinical research demonstrates that supervised psychedelic-assisted therapy may decrease depression and anxiety in some patients suffering from life-threatening illnesses and may relieve distress.1 To promote quality end-of-life care and provide…

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